Obsession: Dan Savage on Plaques and Trophies

Time isn't kind to objects like an "Employee of the Month" award or an "In honor of your service" plaque, which are objects meaningful to only one specific person in one specific place or time. That is, until advice-columnist Dan Savage plucks them from the bins of Goodwill and hangs them on his wall. Lots of them. On lots of walls.